High-tech in demand
Two of the ten hottest high-tech jobs are in biotechnology and
pharmaceuticals.
by Shahar Zadok
Globes
February 19,2008
The situation of the Israeli high-tech employee was stable last year,
despite the US sub-prime market crisis and the free-fall of the dollar.
With a few exceptions, companies continued to hire and to pay top
shekel. The managers of local affiliates of international companies also
have wide discretionary powers from the foreign bosses.
In a special project, "Globes" examined the ten high-tech professions
with the highest demand at the beginning of 2008, professions in which
people with the right qualifications were able to find work. "Globes" partly
relied on data from high-tech job placement agencies, including
Triple Tech Ltd., Manpower Information Technologies Ltd., Niche Ltd.,
Dialogue Ltd, Optimum Ltd., JobInfo, CPS, and Maof Ltd..
The top ten professions include two in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals:
clinical research associate, and biotechnology quality assurance and
regulation. Although total demand for these two professions is not high
compared with traditional high-tech jobs, people with the right qualifications
can find jobs. There is a severe shortage of quality assurance managers,
because few know how to oversee the drawn-out regulatory procedures
needed to obtain product approval.
The top ten jobs are:
Software engineer, especially for C++, C#Java, C, and Dot.net++.
The monthly salary ranges between NIS 17,000 to NIS 25,000.
Software quality assurance engineer. The monthly salary ranges
between NIS 12,000 to NIS 15,000.
Students can earn NIS 35-60 per hour.
Real-time engineer to design immediate response applications.
The monthly salary ranges between NIS 19,000 to NIS 25,000.
ASIC/VLSI development engineers. The monthly salary ranges between
NIS 18,000 to NIS 26,000.
Algorithm developers. The monthly salary ranges between
NIS 16,000 to NIS 30,000.
Clinical research associate (CRA) to oversee clinical trials, often
overseas. The monthly salary ranges between
NIS 10,000 to NIS 25,000.
Board design engineers. The monthly salary ranges between
NIS 17,000 to NIS 23,000.
Web programmers, especially for HTML and XML. The monthly salary
ranges between NIS 12,000 to NIS 16,000.
High-tech products sales and marketing staff. The monthly salary ranges
between NIS 15,000 to NIS 25,000.
Quality assurance managers to oversee the regulatory procedures for
pharmaceutical and biotechnology products for approval by the
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), European Medicines Agency
(EMEA), and corresponding agencies in other countries.
The monthly salary ranges between NIS 20,000 to NIS 25,000.